How Can We Prevent Another Civil War in the USA?, XVI

In order to prevent another civil war, the national language of the the USA must be improved and improved continually. In the 1920s, a number of Western world linguists discovered that every national language contains symbols that must be given a precise meaning. Accordingly, our sense-data are primarily symbolic. This discovery is reported in "Philosophy in a New Key" by Susanne K. Langer.

What is the impact of this discovery? One impact is the way religions interpret scriptures and teach. This teaching becomes a major problem if a scripture has been translated from one national language to another. Another impact is the way we develop our minds. The godless scientists say that our minds develop from our ancestors. To them, the mind is not a thing but is phenomena of the brain. On the other hand, the godly scientists say that our mind is a thing that self-develops as a Spirit. I disagree with the godless scientists. An example of how a Spirit develops might be helpful. For instance, the mind of two young boys can develop differently. In a ghetto, a young boy will develop the habit to 'duck' when Mother's boyfriend swings at him. But, in a suburb , a young boy will develop the habit to find 'ducks' at a pond.

In the 1990's, when I was working on the nation's crime problem at the U.S. Department of Justice, before I retired, I came to the conclusion that people can develop a criminal career by developing a poor symbolic language. After I retired, I studied the teachings of Jesus Christ and found that Jesus taught that evilness originates 'within' us. (See Mark 7:15-23) The within thing
is our mind. So I disagree with those godless scientists who say that criminals are born.

I say that the school system must be restructured so that the development of symbolic language by all students become major events. If schools are structured properly, the development of symbols should occur in every course offered in school.